EYE LUST (translated into human by Nenslo)
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:22:11 -0800
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Ad Absurdum wrote:
>
> (part 2)
>
> ...
>
> In the not so distant past the spectacle of the world was limited, if
> that is the word, to the rhythm of the seasons, the alternation of
> night and day over the changing horizon of the landscape. But now the
> prevailing rapid transport and transmission technologies have managed
> to MOBILIZE our field of perception non-stop -- not only within the
> artificial construct of the metropolis, but within the expanse of
> whatever vast territories are traversed thanks to the feats of
> earthbound or airborne motors.
>
Used to be, there was only nature to see. Now our viewpoint moves
around, in cities, and everywhere we go in cars and planes.
> ...
>
> "To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes," as Napoleon
> Bonaparte pointed out. Indeed, to intimate an order to a subordinate
> is always to intimidate his gaze. Like a reptile fascinating its
> prey, any command rules out the free will of the person for whom it is
> meant. Hence the importance of sight, much more than of hearing, in
> that military discipline that is an army's main strength.
To make people do things, it's better if they see you.
>
> Let us look now at recent developments in weapons research and
> technological feasibility studies. apart from the space technology
> programmes that have been top priority since 1991, the bulk of
> research initiated by the French Defense Ministry in 1992 involves
> optoelectronics, computer science and robotics -- but biology and the
> social sciences feature too.
Let's look at some modern science things.
>
> A few example selected at random will reveal the general outlook of
> the Conseil de Recherches et Etudes de Defense. Under the heading
> 'Biology and Ergonomics', we read: 'Within the framework of signal
> modelling and processing in biology, a study of the three-dimensional
> cerebral localization of electrical activities using surface scanners
> has been assigned to [universityX]. Among the practical applications,
> one may cite localization of the frontal lobe sites where information
> is processed, as well as localization of the sources of epilepsy.'
Some scientists are studying how brains work.
>
> Later, under the heading 'The Man-Machine Interface', we also read:
> 'In the ergonomics sector, a study of the organization of displays
> within the pilot's visual space has been assigned to [laboratoryY].
> If we want to better adapt a pilot's perceptual aids, we need to
> enhance use of perception of "relief", which is originally binocular,
> by developing A WORKING MODEL OF THE THIRD DIMENSION.'
Others are studying how we see.
>
> Let us take another area of military research: LASERS. Modern weapons
> systems rely more and more on rengefinders with laser sensors for
> greater accuracy in sighting: 'Studies of the physiology of the eye
> have recently shown that there exist wavelengths to which the eye is
> less vulnerable. As a result, [companyZ] is studying a laser
> rangefinder with added safety.'
Lasers can make some visual instruments more accurate.
>
> Finally, by way of confirming the exponential development of
> 'scanners' and other 'sensors' in microelectronics, we also read, in
> the file headed 'Computer and Robotic Systems': 'Within the context of
> work on neuronal machines, the Institut d'electronique fondamentale
> (Institute of Basic Electronics) at Orsay is conducting studies on the
> retina, on A RETINAL LIGHT RECEPTOR CELL THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF
> IMPLEMENTING NEURONAL ALGORITHMS OF SHAPE RECOGNITION.'
Some scientists are studying ways to make devices which can recognize shapes.
>
> These are all so many examples of the strategic importance of the
> visual display, of a computer-assisted vision in which the eyeball
> gradually becomes the object of military-industrial development, just
> as the discovery and conquest of the terrestrial globe were once the
> object of the great military conquerors.
Armies used to try to conquer the world. Now they are trying to conquer
the eye.
>
> With ocular intrusion now superseding the invasion of vanquished
> countries, how can we fail to foresee the abrupt decline of
> geopolitics in favour of a sort of ICONOPOLITICS, in which the reign
> of the image would soon be concerned not so much with multiplying
> recording surfaces or screens, as with the discreet, 'furtive'
> invasion of the time depth of our field of vision?
People may be able to rule the world by controlling what we see.
>
> As the big screens of the movie houses yield little by little to the
> small screens of domestic television, the way things will go in the
> future is now clearly signposted: despite the boom in panoramic
> screens for instantaneous television broadcasting in stadiums and
> other places, the real action lies elsewhere, in the imminent
> nanotechnological miniaturization of integrated circuits that will
> promote the ICONIC INSEMINATION OF 'CONSUMER' INFORMATION, not so much
> 'in situ', as previously, but 'in vivo, with the grafting of visual
> intereference rounding off the implanting of organs and sundry
> prostheses.
This may occur not so much by using big screens but by using very very
small ones, maybe even IN the eye.
>
> When public health experts are already predicting that in the year
> 2000: 'half of all surgical operations performed will involve organ
> transplants and implants of prostheses', surely we cannot fail to see
> that the SITE of cutting-edge technologies is no longer so much the
> territorial body, the geographic expanse of our world proper, for so
> long rigged out with the most cumbersome infrastructures (canals,
> bridges and roadways, telegraph lines, etc.), but now well and truly
> man's animal body, the body proper of an individual who will soon be
> subject to the reign of biotechnology, of nanomachines capable not
> only of COLONIZING the expanse of the world, but also the very
> thickness of our organisms.
Yes, maybe even IN the eye.
>
> (third and final part coming soon)
Next: Part 3
AND HERE IT IS ALL IN ONE PIECE.
Used to be, there was only nature to see. Now our viewpoint moves
around, in cities, and everywhere we go in cars and planes. To make
people do things, it's better if they see you. Let's look at some
modern science things. Some scientists are studying how brains work.
Others are studying how we see. Lasers can make some visual instruments
more accurate. Some scientists are studying ways to make devices which
can recognize shapes. Armies used to try to conquer the world. Now
they are trying to conquer the eye. People may be able to rule the
world by controlling what we see. This may occur not so much by using
big screens but by using very very small ones, maybe even IN the eye.
Yes, maybe even IN the eye. Next: Part 3
Correspondent:: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:46:18 -0500
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In article <41B7D2F1.FE5A552E@yahoox.com>, nenslo
wrote:
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> AND HERE IT IS ALL IN ONE PIECE.
Thank you, sincerely, for going to the trouble of pointing out so
vividly just how far gone these dipshits really are.
Just PLEASE don't do it to ME.
Again.
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